Five days before Christmas, police officer Lima was sent to a local Stop and Shop for a reported theft. The accusation was that two females were scanning (扫描) some items at the self-checkout but________ other items and bagging those items. The two females and two children were already________ by Loss and Prevention over there.

Lima had two girls himself, similar in age to the two girls there, so it ________ him a little bit. Lima________ the receipt for the items they had paid for. There was nothing else like health and beauty items on it. The items were all ________ —things bought just to stuff themselves. Then he asked an employee where the other items were that they had planned to take and was informed they were put back on the ________.

Obviously, this family was in real need. While Lima firmly ________ following the law, he decided to cut them a break and not to ________.

The two-females, ________, were very grateful but kind of ________ because generally, in that same situation there would probably be a different ________ and they'd be arrested.

Lima took things a step further in an effort to ________ the family. He gave them $200 gift card, telling them not to get things in illegal ways any more.

“I purchased the gift card close to the value of what would have been ________,” said Lima. “I did what I felt was ________.I just tried to show a little ________ to the extent permitted by law.”

It was the last day of school. The teacher walked around the class and _______ a report card to each student except me. There was everybody’s _______ in the final exam.Then I was _______ that I was failing because I couldn’t _______ or write. My mom and I had a few _______ about it but I thought I would do my best to get a(n) _______ result. But I didn’t think I really _______ the whole thing. I knew I was _______ of my dad and being _______ to read in front of the class; I knew I was the only one in our ________ that couldn’t read and the only one in the class that didn’t ________ the exam.

I just somehow got it in my head that I thought I didn’t need to ________ knowledge. I thought there was no use learning it. ________, the lunch bell rang. My seat was next to the door, so I just ________ out of the classroom across the playground and field until my hands ________ the fence that surrounded our school. I burst into ________ as I silently shouted at myself.

I sat on the grass with my head in my knees. A couple of minutes later, I heard a rustle(沙沙声)of a lunch bag and looked up out of ________, only to see a girl in my class standing over me, holding out my lunch. She ________ it next to me and then she sat down and didn’t make a(n) ________ but just sat with me till the bell rang.

Because of her ________, I was determined to work hard. Finally I was admitted into a famous university.

For a little girl growing up in Colombia in the 1980s, a science career with NASA may have seemed like setting foot on a faraway planet. _______, Diana Trujillo has come off — she is a(n) _______ now, leading a 45-person team that’s responsible for the robotic arm of the latest Mars rover(探测器).

Born in 1983, even as a young girl, Diana was certain of her passion for science. When she was 17, her dad offered to send her to Miami, Florida to study Aerospace Engineering. Without any _______, she followed her dad’s _______. Arriving in the U.S. with just $300, Trujillo had to _______ through school by doing a series of housekeeping jobs. The _______ was definitely not easy, but Trujillo never complained.

Then came another _______ moment for Trujillo. One of her professors casually mentioned an astronaut they were acquainted with. _______ she was “just one person away from knowing an astronaut” was all it took to _______Trujillo’s career goals. So she ________ studies in space science and ________   became the first Hispanic woman to be admitted to the NASA Academy in 2007. Since then, Trujillo has worn many hats at America’s space agency.

But Diana hasn’t ________ there. She also leads by example, ________ women to pursue careers in STEM fields. Her own story is living ________ that just beyond that barrier lies an entire universe of opportunities waiting for anyone willing to work hard enough to ________ the stars.